Modeling and Animating Mechanical Contraptions in Blender

These smooth animations were made by Corey Corza.

Today, let's have a look at some impressive demos shared over the past few days by Digital Artist and Add-On Developer Corey Corza. Created with Blender, the demos showcase some neat mechanical contraption animations and provide a look at how one of the gadgets was modeled. According to the author, this small collection of projects was made for learning purposes to study rigging/animation workflows in Blender.

The artist has also recently shared a WIP demo showcasing an upcoming auto gear add-on for Blender, designed to speed up the process of creating physically-correct gears:

In the future, the author also plans to share some tutorials on creating the animations, you can stay tuned by following Corza on Instagram and checking out the artist's Gumroad page, filled to the brim with various add-ons you may also find useful.

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Published 06 January 2023
Theodore McKenzie
Head of Content